Shrines, museums, parks, and the spots in between, with the access details worked out.
Ski resort above the Zao Onsen hot spring village in Yamagata, with 305 hectares of slopes, three ropeways and runs through the snow-covered trees called juhyo.
YamagataThe site of Shinjo Castle, seat of the Tozawa lords for 243 years, with surviving moats and earthworks, three shrines and cherry trees.
Shinjo · YamagataLocal history museum in a castle-style building on the site of Kaminoyama Castle, a former Mogami clan stronghold pulled down by the shogunate in 1692.
Kaminoyama · YamagataUesugi Shrine in Yonezawa honors the formidable warlord Uesugi Kenshin and was rebuilt in 1923 following a destructive fire.
Yonezawa · YamagataA nostalgic Taisho-era hot-spring town in the Yamagata mountains, lined with wooden inns along a gas-lit river - at its most magical under snow.
Obanazawa · YamagataThe lowest of the three mountains of Dewa in Yamagata, climbed by a stone stair through old cedars, with a five-storey pagoda that is a National Treasure.
Tsuruoka · YamagataOne of three major Kumano shrines in Japan, Kumano Taisha was established in 806 and is known as the Ise Shrine of the North for its significance.
Nanyo · YamagataThis Yonezawa park preserves castle ruins dating to the 17th century and features scenic views alongside cherry blossoms in spring.
Yonezawa · YamagataThe highest of the three mountains of Dewa in Yamagata, sacred to the moon god, with a shrine at the summit that opens only in high summer.
Tsuruoka · YamagataA Tendai temple of 860 built up a rock face in Yamagata, its halls reached by a stone stairway, and the place of Basho's poem about cicadas.
YamagataYamagata's main administrative center offering public services, local event information, and a gallery featuring works by regional artists and photographers.
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